While we spoke of many thingsFools and kings
This he said to me:
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."

"Nature Boy" (1948)

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved.

His assertion to Joe Romersa, of how his lyrics should be corrected, saying that "To be loved in return, is too much of a deal, and that has nothing to do with love."

The seasons come and the seasons go, the summerfruit and the wintersnow, but here we are, and here we stay — until the time to go away.
Ah, they say, there's a land that is great, and is grand; there's no fear, and no pain — we will alllive again — and everyone will find the ones they love.

Some white peoplehate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.

Tape recording declaring how he recited one of his poems in response to a question "What is your background?" (1992)

Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples,
and older than the Scriptures,
and whether we realize it or not,
they hold more authority.

Tape recording to Joe Romersa (1992)

What I mean by the Principle of Oneness is this:
That we must learn to realize
that there's nothing separate or apart.
That everything is part of everything else.
That there's nothing above us,
or below us, or around us.All is inherent within us.
Like Jesus said, "The Kingdom is Within."